EAS Meeting - August 2026 - A New View of the Transient Sky with the Rubin Telescope

Dr. Shreya Anand, LSST-DA Catalyst Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), Stanford University. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will begin surveying the Southern sky later this year, creating a paradigm shift in the field of high-energy astrophysics. Rubin's LSST is expected to yield several million alerts (changes in brightness) per night, presenting a significant big data challenge. Many of these alerts are caused by transients - astronomical explosions that brighten and fade quickly over time - happening both in our galaxy and in other distant galaxies. The study of transients connects to a broad range of subfields across astronomy including the study of stellar evolution, galaxies, and astro-chemistry.